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Politics : President Barack Obama
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To: Joe NYC who wrote (14261)3/19/2008 9:39:13 AM
From: RetiredNow  Read Replies (1) of 149317
 
Jozef, I'm going to say something that will hit a little closer to home to help you understand why the hysteria over Obama's pastor is wrong.

What if we took a video clip of an Orthodox Israeli Jew giving a speech on how all Muslims are terrorists and the Qu'ran is a book straight from the devil? What if we catch that sermon with his spit flying and his zeal in full display in all its ugliness? We all know that there are Israeli zealots that HATE the Muslims and that these videos are out there. I'm sure if we watched translations of Arab channels like Al Jazeera, we could compile an impressive video library of speeches on hate from both Muslims and Jews. But surely Jewish folks like this are not an everyday occurrence nor representative of the general beliefs among Israelis. But what if we play that on all the US networks over and over and over and over and over and we tell the US citizens that the Jews are monsters who kill people and beat people senseless who can't defend themselves and that no Christian should support this kind of brutality and lack of human rights. Just how long do you think it would take to turn US Citizens against Israel? That would be an utter travesty, but that is the power of propaganda.

So be careful when you try to assassinate a person's character undeservingly. If we become a country that engages in shameless propaganda, then many many people and entire countries can be the worse for it.

And btw, all my life I've be a firm believer in America being Israel's protector as the only Democratic nation in a sea of Arab and Muslim dictatorships. This example was only to point out how ridiculous it is to take one day or one action and to paint that person as evil and then by association to destroy another person. It's reprehensible and defies all logic.

So cut your crap about Obama and his former pastor. No self-respecting or intelligent person would do what Fox or you are trying to do.
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